Ajay Chhibber
Assistant Secretary-General and Asia-Pacific Bureau chief for the United Nations Development Programme
Area of Expertise: Business and Globalization, Development
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia, Balkans, Europe
Language: English
Field of Work: United Nations
City: Bangkok
Country: Thailand
Continent: Asia
Email: ajay.chhibber@theglobalexperts.org
Ajay Chhibber is Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant Administrator at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and head of its Asia-Pacific Bureau.
Prior to that, he worked at the World Bank for almost 25 years on a range of development issues, managing its programs in Vietnam, Macedonia, Turkey, Indonesia and the Pacific. He was the lead author of the seminal work on Governance at the World Bank: the 1997 World Development Report on the Role of the State.
He has been widely published, including five books on economic development and many articles in international journals and in major newspapers.
He has a PhD from Stanford University, a Masters from the Delhi School of Economics and has worked at the Indian Planning Commission and at the International Food Policy Research Institute. He has also taught economics at Georgetown University and the University of Delhi.
ShareThisFeatured Experts
Most Popular
Most Read
- A New Article Series: Youth, Civic Engagement and Democratic Processes 317,307 views
- Somalia in Shambles 155,690 views
- Interview with Ali Gomaa, Grand Mufti of Egypt 73,445 views
- Immediate Reactions from Experts on Egypt 65,983 views
- Secrecy is the problem, not leakers 44,280 views
Most Commented
- What’s More Dangerous: Muslims or Islamophobia? 20 comments
- What's More Dangerous: Muslims or Islamophobia? 20 comments
- Secularize, then democratize 7 comments
- Secrecy is the problem, not leakers 6 comments
- Police: Roadside Bomb Kills 15 in NW Pakistan 5 comments
Stay Connected
Stay Connected